Documentary Interview Techniques

The interview that Liam and me analyzed was the Krishnan Guru-Murthyand Quentin Tarantino. The main topic about the interview was to do with Quentin’s latest movie, “Django unchained”. The questions that Krishnan Guru-Murthy and were very direct and personal. Krishnan also asked questions that would require Quentin Tarantino to give his personal opinion on the worldwide success of his movie. At the start of the interview, Krishnan Guru-Murthy and was asking questions about the success of the movie and talking about the targeted audience. When he started to ask questions about why he makes violent movies and why he loves violence, that's the point when Quentin Tarantino started to get aggravated 

Personally I believe that Krishnan received the information that he wanted but up to the point where he started to ask questions that were starting to provoke a reaction from Quentin Tarantino. To make the interview a success, I would avoid questions that I know would get a reaction from Quentin Tarantino.

In terms of what I learnt, I learnt what do to when you deal with a challenging interviewee. You have to keep calm and keep your composure. You have to possess patience, empathize and ask questions that are not biased.